everything we know about Bong Joon-ho’s new movie

Put together for a real house oddity when the offbeat sci-fi comedy Mickey 17 hits our screens. The primary trailer has arrived and you may watch it proper right here.

Here is what you should know concerning the movie together with story, solid, director and launch date.

What’s Mickey 17 about?

Mickey Barnes is an Expendable: a disposable worker on a human expedition despatched to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Mickey’s position is to undertake the suicidal missions that the remainder of the crew seeks to keep away from – which all the time leads to his demise. After one iteration of Mickey dies, a brand new physique is regenerated with most of his recollections intact. After six deaths, Mickey understands the phrases of his deal… and why it was the one colonial place unfilled when he took it.

Is Mickey 17 based mostly on a ebook?

Mickey 17 is predicated on Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel Mickey7. Concerning the movie, Ashton says (by way of Nerdist): “I’ve had individuals ask me ‘Are you nervous?’ Actually, director Bong goes to vary rather a lot concerning the ebook. Once I spoke with him, he made it fairly clear. ‘You’ve acquired a 350-page ebook. I’m gonna have a 120-page script. There’s rather a lot that’s gonna go.’ 

So my reply is not any, I’m not involved about that in any respect. For my part, the person’s a genius. I don’t consider he’s ever made a nasty movie. And I sincerely hope that this isn’t going to be his first.”

Who stars in Mickey 17?

Robert Pattinson stars because the eponymous Mickey 17, persevering with a purple patch that has encompassed DC journey The Batman (2022, with the sequel coming in 2026), Christopher Nolan’s Tenet (2019), Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse (2019) and the Safdie brothers’ Good Time (2017).

The wonderful supporting solid consists of Poor Issues Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo and Hereditary’s Toni Collette. I Wanna Dance with Anyone’s Naomie Ackie and Nope’s Steven Yeun additionally play key roles.

Who directs Mickey 17?

Mickey 17 is directed by South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho who received an Oscar for the lacerating social satire Parasite (2019). The movie deployed an acute, blackly comedian dismantling of the social diaspora, putting the haves/have-nots argument by a memorably twisted cinematic filter, and it turned the primary South Korean manufacturing to obtain Academy Award recognition, in addition to the primary non-English-language movie to win Finest Image.

Bong Joon-ho’s different success tales embrace the thriller thriller Reminiscences of Homicide (2003), based mostly on an notorious unsolved murder investigation, and the satirical monster film horror The Host (2006). The director has turn out to be well-known for his mercurial and unpredictable motion pictures that seamlessly mix social commentary with broad humour and startling moments of horror and Mickey 17 is ready to ship extra of the identical, promising to maintain audiences on edge all through. 

Is Mickey 17 Bong Joon-ho’s first English-language movie?

Mickey 17 is Bong Joon-ho’s third English-language characteristic following Snowpiercer (2013) and Okja (2017). The previous is an allegorical dystopian thriller exploring the category construction on a prepare that traverses an Earth beset by a brand new Ice Age, with an all-star solid together with Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, John Harm and Tilda Swinton.

The latter movie takes a pointed and empathetic take a look at consumption and animal rights, the story of a younger woman and her genetically mutated pig companion who’re torn aside by nefarious company forces. As with Snowpiercer, it harnesses an excellent solid together with Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano.

When is Mickey 17 launched within the UK?

Initially set for launch in 2024 and subsequently delayed due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, Mickey 17 is now due for launch within the UK on January thirty first, 2025.